Legal Opinion

Luis v. Muhrback

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided July 9, 1907PublishedCited by 52 opinions

From Union. Bobert Eakin, Judge. Statement by Mr. Commissioner King. This was a proceeding in the County Court of Union County, Oregon, for the purpose of proving an alleged lost will of Ferena Miller, who died in that county November 19, 1900. The petition for probate was filed by Edward Luis July 13, 1903, alleging that Ferena Miller died on the date and in the county mentioned, leaving a large estate therein, consisting of both real and personal property, with no lineal…

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From Union. Bobert Eakin, Judge. Statement by Mr. Commissioner King. This was a proceeding in the County Court of Union County, Oregon, for the purpose of proving an alleged lost will of Ferena Miller, who died in that county November 19, 1900. The petition for probate was filed by Edward Luis July 13, 1903, alleging that Ferena Miller died on the date and in the county mentioned, leaving a large estate therein, consisting of both real and personal property, with no lineal descendants surviving her; that the petitioner and his sister, Clara Luis, had made their home with decedent from their…

1Opinion of the Court

*455Opinion by

Mr. Commissioner King.

The evidence discloses that in the year 1864 Adam Miller, with his wife, Ferena Miller, settled upon what is known as Catherine Creek, in Union County, in this state, later removing to Clover Creek in that vicinity, where they afterwards continuously resided. Adam Miller died June 26, 1886, but his wife lived until November 19, 1900. Prior to the death of Adam Miller, being without children, they took into their home Edward Luis and his sister, Clara,' the oldest of whom was about nine years of age, the boy being a nephew and the girl a niece of Mrs. Miller.…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Throckmorton v. HoltSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  2. Hull v. . LittauerNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
  3. In Re Proving the Last Will & Testament of KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  4. Kavanagh v. . WilsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  5. McDonald v. McDonaldIndiana Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Wiebe v. SeelyOregon Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Brannen v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
  4. Estate of ArbuckleCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1950
  5. Rickard v. EllisOregon Supreme Court · 1962

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